I remember reading that article a few weeks ago and I couldn't for the life of me see how they came up with that number. Even the numbers they used to cite that figure didn't seem to add up.

I'd stick with the more conservative numbers that have been put out by Apple and various market watchers covering Apple. Those are 3 to 4 million in 2007 and 10 million (or 1% of the mobile phone market) in 2008.

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From everything we've been able to gather they should be able to meet that kind of demand. Estimates have put the opening inventory in the system at 3 million phones. 300,000 phones divided across the combined 2100 ATT and Apple stores in the US comes out to 142 per location. That's 47 per day (fri, sat, sun).

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From everything we've been able to gather they should be able to meet that kind of demand. Estimates have put the opening inventory in the system at 3 million phones. 300,000 phones divided across the combined 2100 ATT and Apple stores in the US comes out to 142 per location. That's 47 per day (fri, sat, sun).

I would like to believe they will have that many available, but I am just going to remain skeptical for now. If they actually have 3 million available, then there should be no problem for anyone who wants one to get one. I certainly hope it is the case.